History VideoGame / DinoCrisis

''Dino Crisis'' is a SurvivalHorror game series by Creator/{{Capcom}} that debuted in 1999. The first game had a lot of similarities to the company's [[Franchise/ResidentEvil other survival horror]] series, and [[PreviewPiggybacking came bundled with a demo of]] ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis''. Capcom originally insisted it was a new genre they called "panic horror", because, [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs you fight dinosaurs]]. The game was created by Creator/ShinjiMikami, of ''Resident Evil'' fame, and written by Creator/ShuTakumi, who would go on to create the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series.

* UnexplainedRecovery: Both Paula and Dylan are Mike Wired's guide -- despite seemily ''dying'' in the last game.

-->'''Rick''': "So how do we get around this thing?"\\
'''Regina''': "[[CaptainObvious Either we find a way]], or we both end up as dino droppings."\\
'''Rick''': "[[DudeNotFunny Not funny]]."

-->'''Regina''': "We were attacked by some kind of...dinosaur!"\\
'''Rick''': "Oh-ho-ho! Now that's a good one! So, who was it? [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney?]]"

** [[spoiler:If you choose to let Gail go after Doctor Kirk, Gail spills the beans of what the team's mission really was; find the doctor and get his disc containing data on the Third Energy, which could be used as a weapon. Gail ends up succumbing to his wounds afterwards. Regina and Doctor Kirk then meet up with Rick and escape.]]
** [[spoiler:If you choose to stop Gail and follow Rick to the boat, the three of you escape after a couple run-ins with the T. rex. Gail survives and Doctor Kirk is presumed to have found another means of escape.]]
** [[spoiler:You can choose to stop Gail again and then go after Kirk yourself. Doing this causes the best ending where Gail survives and Doctor Kirk is recaptured. Alternatively, let Gail go after Kirk, but take a detour to the heliport first. This will also secure the best ending.]]
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: [[spoiler: If Gail dies, Dr. Kirk mocks him for giving his life for a government that (presumably) didn't care about him. Regina punches Kirk in the face in response.]]

-->'''Rick:''' "So, you saw the beast, right?"\\
'''Regina:''' "Yeah. ''Pteranodon'', wasn't it?"\\
'''Rick:''' "I meant, you saw that it was a ''real'' dinosaur? It's unbelievable."\\
'''Regina:''' "Didn't I tell you?"\\
'''Rick:''' *faintly* "This is just like [[Film/JurassicPark that movie]]."

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Ibis Island's exact location isn't given beyond it being implied to be somewhere in The Caribbean. It's location relative to the fictional enemy country isn't specified either.

* PoliceAreUseless: All the heavily armed TRAT soldiers sent to save the civilians are killed in about thirty seconds once the raptors show up.

A Third Energy research outpost disappears and is replaced by Prehistoric Jungle. Regina and new character Dylan Morton are sent to investigate, running afoul of both the dinosaurs, and a mysterious group of teenagers wearing futuristic gear. The game is notable for having a more action-oriented focus than the original (which was primarily SurvivalHorror), to the point of including a combo meter and a ingame currency system based on kills (similar to VideoGame/DevilMayCry released a year later).

''Dino Crisis'' is a SurvivalHorror game series by Creator/{{Capcom}} that debuted in 1999. The first game had a lot of similarities to the company's [[Franchise/ResidentEvil other survival horror]] series, and came bundled with a demo of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis''. Capcom originally insisted it was a new genre they called "panic horror", because, [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs you fight dinosaurs]]. The game was created by Creator/ShinjiMikami, of Resident Evil fame, and written by Shu Takumi, who would go on to create the ''[[Franchise/AceAttorney Ace Attorney]]'' series.

Dino Crisis was popular enough to earn a sequel, ''Dino Crisis 2'', in 2000. The sequel made the gameplay much more action oriented, but kept Regina as a main character, and received good reviews. After that, the franchise received a Light Gun installment in 2002 called ''Dino Stalker''. Capcom released ''Dino Crisis 3'' in 2003 on the original Xbox, with a completely new cast and a space setting. Unfortunately, terrible camera controls, fan backlash, and the small audience for the game on the Xbox killed the franchise.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The island where the action takes place is never even given a name.

* StandardStatusEffects: After an attack, Regina can end up bleeding which slowly saps her HP. Unless you use [[StatusBuff a Hemostat]], she might end up bleeding to death if her health is low enough.

* StandardStatusEffects: Like its predecessor, some attacks can leave Dylan and Regina bleeding which gradually drains health. Using a [[StatusBuff Hemostat]] will fix that problem.

* SpyCatsuit: Regina's outfit, which consist of black [[LeotardofPower leotard like]] leather suit on top of grey sleeveless catsuit, while male S.O.R.T uniform is more standard tactical outfit.

* [[spoiler:BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Kirk's gun is shot out of his hand by Gail, who probably wouldn't have cared if Kirk lost a few fingers anyway.]]

* FixedCamera: You have no control over the camera, which varies from being perfectly still to following Regina down a corridor. Some reviews criticized the system, pointing out that it often meant taking a corner blind. RuleOfScary was probably applied.

* KnightOfCerebus: Somewhat; the ''Therizinosaurs'' in the underground late in the game. They are much harder to kill than raptors. And don't comically fall over when they hit the laser gates. Cutting the time they are stunned short. They are also more likely to burst through doors to chase after you, and can finish off a wounded Regina with what amounts to a Mesozoic curb stomp, arguably the most brutal way to die in the game.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The game avoids naming its location by awkwardly using "your country" and "your government" everywhere.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Let's just say that Rick really doesn't like Gail much...
-->'''Rick''': The place is deserted, though. What's the situation over there?
-->'''Regina''': (after having killed/fled first dino) It's Gail, I lost him!
-->'''Rick''': Heh, so what's the ''bad'' news?

* SpyCatsuit: The S.O.R.T. uniform.

** Though she [[{{Mondegreen}} might actually be saying]] a shocked, hissed "Jesus!"

* MonsterCloset: A raptor [[WallMaster leaps out of an electronics zone in the wall]] during the Underground lab segment. It's hard to see what it was doing there.

* OneNameOnly: All the members of SORT.

* [[spoiler:AIIsACrapshoot]]: [[spoiler:After the crew of the ''U.N. Ozymandias'' dies from radiation poisoning, MTHR goes insane from loneliness and creates the dinosaur-like monsters. [[MamaBear She's quite protective of them and considers them her children.]]]]
* [[spoiler:ArtificialHuman]]: [[spoiler:Caren]]

* {{Backtracking}}

* EscapeSequence /TimedMission: Towards the end of the game when [[spoiler: you're escaping from the self-destructing ''U.N. Ozymandias''.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in this case considering that its lackluster reception (and the fact that the first two games are pretty old, graphics-wise) led to Creator/{{Capcom}} deciding to [[FranchiseKiller leave the franchise by the wayside.]]

* EyelessFace Every dinosaur mutant (with the exception of the [[TRexpy Australis]]) is completely devoid of eyes.

* FunWithAcronyms / {{Heroes R Us}}: Patrick, [=McCoy=], Sonya and Jacob's unit, SOAR (Special Operations And Reconnaissance)

* HollywoodScience

* MasterComputer: MTHR

* NonLinearSequel: ''Dino Crisis 3'' takes place in the year 2548 A.D..
* NumberedSequels

* {{Redshirt}}: [=McCoy=], the [[FourIsDeath fourth]] person to survive the destruction of the ''Seyfert'' gets killed by an Australis during the first few minutes of the game.

** UnexplainedRecovery: Then both Paula and Dylan becomes Mike Wired's guide in ''Dino Stalker''.

* ActionizedSequel

* TimeTravel

* {{Backtracking}}

* OurHeroIsDead: The reason Mike was selected [[spoiler:by Paula]] to restore the unstable time stream; only someone about to perish in real life can do it without causing a paradox, since they'll be restored to the point in time they left after being returned. [[spoiler:Of course, Paula helpfully erases the bullets that were about to kill him, [[FridgeLogic so...]] ]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Paula ends up trapped in a building about to explode, with Dylan staying behind and sending Regina home so she can save them at an earlier time with the Third Energy data. You spend Dino Stalker trying to fix it.]]

* TyrannosaurusRex: What dinosaur game ''doesn't'' have one?

* TyrannosaurusRex: For once not the BigBad.

* TyrannosaurusRex: A pitch-black one serves as the final boss.

* EyelessFace Every dinosaur mutant (with the exception of the [[TyrannosaurusRex Australis]]) is completely devoid of eyes.

* ArtMajorBiology: This is why dinosaurs can take gunshots at point blank range and [[ArbitraryGunPower not die immediately]].

* DeadpanSnarker: Regina has her moments:

''Dino Crisis'' is a SurvivalHorror game series by Creator/{{Capcom}} that debuted in 1999. The first game had a lot of similarities to the company's [[Franchise/ResidentEvil other survival horror]] series, and came bundled with a demo of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis''. Capcom originally insisted it was a new genre they called "panic horror", because, [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs you fight dinosaurs]]. The game was created by Creator/ShinjiMikami, of Resident Evil fame, and written by Shu Takumi, who would go on to create the [[Franchise/AceAttorney Ace Attorney]] series.